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Question: Which one of these do you think should be the country's highest priority?
Choices: "Maintain order in the nation" "Give people more say in government decisions" "Fight rising prices" "Protect freedom of speech"
Data: % of "Maintain order in the nation"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation67.3%
2 Norway57.7%
3 Israel55.8%
4 Bulgaria52.7%
5 Czech Republic48.2%
6 Philippines 43.0%
7 Australia41.5%
8 Italy41.2%
9 Poland41.1%
10 Slovenia40.9%
11 Germany40.5%
12 Hungary40.2%
13 Netherlands38.5%
14 United Kingdom37.9%
15 Ireland37.4%
16 Spain36.2%
17 New Zealand31.3%
18 United States31.2%
19 Japan30.1%
20 Canada21.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 218 countries.
Source
ISSP 1993

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.681063 X +7.351
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -51701.153398 X +64260.521
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -15.763798 X +86.177
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.172482 X +1.136
Correlation coefficient (r)0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 8.248199 X +8.394
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029